- “I thought you were one of your big brothers, you're not so bad.”
- ―Dennis Nedry to Dilophosaurus.
Dilphosaurus is a major character of the Jurassic Park franchise and the rest of the original series.
History[]
Creation[]
Seventeen Dilophosaurus were recreated by InGen in their compound on Isla Sorna where they were raised by the workers there until a few months had passed where five were transported to the neighboring island of Isla Nublar for InGen's Jurassic Park, though it is not entirely made clear whether they intended for them to spew venom or not, given the DNA they used to recreate them. They resided in the Dilophosaur Paddock of the park.
It's likely that Dr. Henry Wu's inclusion of frog DNA or a splicing error was responsible for the abnormal traits seen in the cloned Dilophosaurs. This is most likely possible, as Dr. Wu noted that Dilophosaurus genetic structure was compatible with the DNA of Dendrobates leucomelas (Yellow-banded poison dart frog).
Jurassic Park[]
Isla Nublar Incident[]
When Dennis Nedry turned off the park's security systems so he could steal InGen's dinosaur embryos, Dilophosaurus was one of the many dinosaurs that were free to roam the island. A juvenile Dilophosaurus stalked Nedry himself when he tried to get his vehicle unstuck out of a fallen tree limb. Feeling uneasy, Nedry stopped rope towing his jeep to face his stalker that was right behind him. Dennis Nedry tried to trick the dangerous dinosaur into fetching a stick for him, but the Dilophosaurus showed little care for the stick outside of the brief sound it made when it hit the forest floor. Angered that his trick was unsuccessful, Dennis Nedry jeered the Dilophosaurus, promising to run it over, before running back to his jeep. However, when he turned around, the "Dilo" was there, and it popped up its frill before spraying venom at Nedry. The venom landed on his raincoat, and Nedry ran to his vehicle. But before he could get in, another shot by the Dilophosaur hit him straight in the eyes. Dennis (after cleaning the stinging venom from his eyes) managed to get in his vehicle, but he lost the counterfeit shaving cream can that held the dinosaur embryos he stole. When he shut the door, he realized with horror the "Dilo" was already inside, and it proceeded to devour him. The Barbasol can rolls down the hill as the "Dilo" killed him and venom splattered on the window.
It was confirmed on the DPG website that all five Dilophosaurs residing on Nublar during the Jurassic Park incident had survived to 1994 at least. Wild populations existed on Isla Sorna after Hurricane Clarissa struck the island because Dilophosaurus was among one of the information sheets given to the InGen Hunters during the Isla Sorna Incident and was also a screensaver for one of the computers inside the Fleetwood RV Mobile Lab that was used in the same incident.